In this article, ‘A Poet’s Life’, readers learn about the life and inspirations of the Black American poet, Langston Hughes. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Alarm Clocks’ asks students to answer questions about a poem by Joyce Kilmer. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Bear from How to Know the Wild Animals’ asks students to answer questions about Carolyn Wells’ poem about bears. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Chameleon from How to Know the Wild Animals’ asks students to answer questions about Carolyn Wells’ poem about the chameleon. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This writing task activity, ‘The Fairies’ provides a poem as a writing prompt for students to produce their own writing.
This writing task activity, ‘The Tortoise and the Hare’ provides a poem as a writing prompt for students to produce their own writing.
This writing task activity, ‘The Whole World Out There’ provides a poem as a writing prompt for students to produce their own writing.
This writing task activity, ‘Water Worries’ provides a poem as a writing prompt for students to produce their own writing.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Emily Dickinson’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This writing text exemplar ‘Expository Writing Prompts’ shows students how to approach such a prompt. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan their writing and ask themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details and examples.
The paired texts, ‘Flamingos’ and ‘Sunset Birds’ provide a factual and a poetic description of flamingos. They provide opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Four Poems’ asks students to answer questions about four poems by Edward Lear. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Get Up and Bar the Door’ asks students to answer questions about a poem, which is about a stubborn husband and wife who get robbed. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This writing task worksheet ‘Hold Fast to Dreams’ helps students to practise expository writing. It is aimed at encouraging students plan their writing and ask themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details, examples and their own personal experience. It includes space for students to plan their writing and a checklist …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘I Travelled Among Unknown Men’ asks students to answer questions about a poem by William Wordsworth. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and form opinions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Jeannette and Jo’ asks students to answer questions about a poem in which one character worries. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Little Boy Blue’ asks students to answer questions about Eugene Field’s famous poem. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Little Miss Muffet’ asks students to answer questions about the famous poem. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Meddlesome Mattie’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about a curious girl named Matilda. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Mending Wall’ asks students to answer questions about a poem by Robert Frost, an American poet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, form opinions and think about figurative language.
This writing prompt, ‘Nature and Poetry’ helps students to write about what in nature might inspire them to write a poem. It encourages students to think about nature and its beauty and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Oh Captain! My Captain!’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about the loss of the great American leader Abraham Lincoln. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Old Ironsides’ asks students to answer questions about Oliver Wendell Holmes’s poem about an old ship. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
This early learning activity, ‘Out in the Barnyard’ provides cut-outs to make stick puppets of various barnyard animals that feature in the accompanying poem.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Poetic Peace’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tone, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This early learning activity, ‘Scarecrow’ provides instructions on how to make crow stick puppets and a scarecrow cut-out that students can assemble as they read the accompanying poem.
This content area reading activity, ‘Science Verse’ is an English based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to practise looking for clues to the meanings of words by looking closely at their context.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Children’s Hour’ asks students to answer questions about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Cow’ asks students to answer questions about Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem called ‘The Cow’. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and think about word meaning.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Cremation of Sam McGee’ asks students to answer questions about a poem in which a man keeps a promise to his friend to cremate him when he dies. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons, and think about word meanings, …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Cross-Current’ asks students to answer questions about a poem written by Abbie Farwell Brown in which the speaker feels she is different from her ancestors. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Daffodils’ asks students to answer questions about William Wordsworth’s poem about daffodils. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Duck and the Kangaroo’ asks students to answer questions about a famous poem by Edward Lear. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘The Duel’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall the main idea and text details.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Eagle’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about an eagle. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The House with Nobody in It’ asks students to answer questions about Joyce Kilmer’s poem about an empty and lonely house. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons and think about figurative language.
This history article, ‘The Life of Dorothea Mackellar’ features Australian poet Dorothea Mackellar, who wrote the famous poem ‘My Country.’ It provides factual information about the poet’s life and work and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Men That Don’t Fit In’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about a restless, adventurous man. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Miller of the Dee’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about a miller. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, compare characters and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The New Colossus’ asks students to answer questions about an article and a poem, which discuss the ancient Colossus statue and the Statue of Liberty. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and form opinions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Place Where the Rainbow Ends’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about finding true happiness by a famous African American poet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Planting of the Apple Tree’ asks students to answer questions about a poem by William Cullen Bryant. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Purple Cow’ asks students to answer questions about Gelett Burgess’s poem about a purple cow. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word and phrase meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Quest for Happiness’ asks students to answer questions about two poems, which are about a character’s battle for what they want. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons and form opinions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ asks students to answer questions about Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s famous poem. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ asks students to answer questions about a famous poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall informatio, draw conclusions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Star’ asks students to answer questions about Jane Taylor’s poem called ‘The Star’. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to think about word meanings and rhyming words. It also encourages them to recall information from the poem.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ asks students to answer questions about Francis Scott Key’s famous poem about the American flag. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about author purpose.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Sword of Arthur’ asks students to answer questions about a famous poem by John Clair Minot. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
This writing task worksheet ‘The Turtle’s Walk’ helps students to practise expository writing. It is aimed at encouraging students plan their writing and ask themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details, examples and their own personal experience. It includes space for students to plan their writing and a checklist to …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Village Blacksmith’ asks students to answer questions about a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter Part I’ asks students to answer questions about the famous poem by Lewis Carroll. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and make predictions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter Part II’ asks students to answer questions about the famous poem by Lewis Carroll. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, form opinions, draw conclusions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Wolf and the Stork’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about a wolf and a stork. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, make predictions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘There Is No Frigate Like a Book’ asks students to answer questions about a poem that is about how books let you travel without going anywhere. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘There Was a Little Girl’ asks students to answer questions about a poem, which is about a little girl who could be good and horrid! It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘This Little Mouse’ asks students to answer questions about a poem featuring a little mouse. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and make predictions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Three Poems’ asks students to answer questions about three poems by American poet Robert Frost. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and form opinions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Trees’ asks students to answer questions about a poem by Joyce Kilmer. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and form opinions.
This writing task worksheet ‘Trying Something New’ helps students to practise expository writing. It is aimed at encouraging students plan their writing and ask themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details, examples and their own personal experience. It includes space for students to plan their writing and a checklist to …More
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